Fence-post



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FENCE POST.

No. 373,839. mat-6mm Nov. 29, 1 887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY MATER, or LAGRO, INDIANA.

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, SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 373,839, dated November 29, 1887.

Application filed September 14, 1887. Serial No. 249,648. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

, Be it known that I, HENRY MATER, of the town of Lagro, in the county of Wabash and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fence-Posts; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable'others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form part of this specification.

The object and nature of my invention will be fully set forth in the following specification andclaims. In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved fence-post, and Fig. 2 is a vertical section of thesame.

Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts in the respective figures.

A is the base or support, made, preferably, of earthenware, and is provided with the flanges or lugs a. The base is hollow from end B is the wooden post, having at its lower end a transverse slot, b, into which a cross-piece, O, is inserted and secured therein by a pin, 0.

This pin 0 projects at each end beyond the sur face of the post B, as shown in Fig. 1, for a purpose hereinafter referred to. r

In order to prevent the post 13 having any pivotal movement on the cross-piece 0, two pins, 0', are driven.through the cross-piece O, one on each side of the post and close against it. The cross-piece G is notched on each end at 0 for a purpose hereinafter referred to. The top of the base A is slightly concave, as shown in Fig. 2, to allow the water that may run down the post to drain off outside the 40 base instead of filling up its interior space.

The post B and the base A are secured together by means of a wire, (I, which passes under the flanges or lugs a and over the ends of the crosspiece O and the projecting ends of the pin 0, thus securely lacing the two parts together. The wire is then passed around outside the loops formed by the lacing, under the projecting ends of the pin 0, and in the notches c in the ends of the cross-piece O. The two ends of the wire are then twisted together, and the wire is thus prevented from slipping off the ends of the crosspiece O and the pin 0. 'By constructing posts in this manner much material may be saved, for while an ordinary siX bysiX inch tapering post requires about eight feet of timber, by using a narrow part with a cross-piece set in the end, upon which to attach the wires, four feet of timber will be found sufficient.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- V l. The hollow base A and the flanges a on said base, in combination with the post B, cross-piece O, and wire d, substantially as specified.

,2. The post B, having a slot in its lower end, the cross-piece O, inserted in said slot, and the securing-pins c and 0, combined. with the hollow-base A, the lugs a on said base, and the wire d, substantially as specified.

In testimony that 1 claim the foregoing as my own invention I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY MATER.

\Vitnesses:

WARREN BIGLER, EATON B. FORGY. 

